Top 5 Cosplay Sites

There are A LOT of cosplay websites out there. In fact, a Google search for “cosplay” returns about 154,000,000 results. Yikes! That’s quite a flurch to sift through, especially if you’re looking for something specific like costuming tutorials, cosplay pics, good forums, or just hunting down some inspiration.

I’ve trawled the internet, poking cosplay forums and consulting the Facebook pages of my costumer associates, and I’ve come up with a list of the five best cosplay sites out there. If you know of a great one that didn’t make the Top 5, sing out on it.

Oh, and I’ve intentionally left out the more porn-y cosplay sites. Each of these five are all-ages friendly.

This cosplay website is split into three sub-communities

A community of female cosplayers. That doesn’t mean cosplaying as female characters, ACP is for women and girls who enjoy cosplay to socialize with their peers. There are photos and such of women cosplaying as male characters in the ACP community.

A community of male cosplayers. That doesn’t mean cosplaying as male characters, ACE is for men and boys who enjoy cosplay to socialize with their peers. There are photos and such of men cosplaying as female characters in the ACE community.

Kamui is an AMAZING cosplayer from Germany and writing about her costuming adventures in English on her blog, Kamui Cosplay. She has many how-I-did entries and some tutorials. I like her tip on making jewels for a costume. Kamui does a lot of video game cosplay and I love her World of Warcraft costumes. Other features of the site are a directory of merchant resources, plus a list of workshops she holds.

Kamui makes this Top 5 list because all the cosplayers I know, and their friends, pass around links to this woman’s work and posts. This is a good resource for the the intermediate to advanced cosplayer looking for tips or inspiration.

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Hello! Thanks for the info on good cosplay sites. This is exactly what I was looking for when I jumped on Google today. I’m wanting to network a little more in this department and I was wondering if you heard about http://en.worldcosplay.net/ ? I don’t follow Ya Ya Han, but some how came across her promoting this site. I see her pictures on the home page so I assume she is associated somehow. Do you have any experience with this site or know anyone who does? Thank you very much!